Anvil Stainless Steel Bucket Fermenter - 7.5 gallon

I am very pleased with this purchase. I was tired of plastic fermenters with flimsy walls where I wasn't sure that the spigot wouldn't leak at some point during the fermentation or on kegging day. This fermenter is about the lowest cost SS fermenter with the features I was looking for. Not so heavy that it's hard to carry with five gallons of wort in it, solid valve, and good seal with its top. I'm really loving it and wish I had bought it sooner.

I have another 8 stainless steel fermenter & I didn’t like that when I would transfer a beer there would be a quart or so left in the fermenter. I have two 4 gallon fermenters Anvil of course! When I would transfer my meads it would leave just a yeast cake! So I got the 7.5 Anvil. I had just used it for my next batch it left the yeast cake! I will be using only the Anvil for my future beers! I wish I had gotten the 7.5 gallon sooner. I would highly recommend this fermenter you can’t go wrong!! A10 in my book I also purchased the neoprene jacket for it also!

I like that its inexpensive for the features it has. I love that the racking arm can be turned to harvest yeast and rack clean. I love the semi conical design because it's easier to move the fermenter with minimal sloshing. The air seal on this beauty is amazing so far and I suspect it will continue to be. This company seems reputable so parts should be readily available. The spring loaded lid latches make for a positive secure seal. One spring latch is good to mount my Inkbird temp probe under. It looks much nicer than a plastic bucket and should last a lifetime. Way better than buying expensive plastic buckets that wear out and are difficult to gauge temperature through. Also this fermenter won't let any light is and you can Jimmy rig up s pressure transfer at your own risk. If your being cautious and follow the directions you'll need to but a .5" I'd tube to transfer all the brew completely. No mention of minimum house length.

Like a lot of people I started with glass. After many years I moved to plastic because of the wider mouth making it easier to dry hop. However I was never happy with plastic but stuck with them because of cost and perceived safety over glass. After hearing from others in my homebrew club how awesome stainless steel brew buckets were I decided to upgrade to this. WHY OH WHY DID IT TAKE ME THIS LONG TO UPGRADE!!! First of all the access to the contents is bar none the best. Dry hopping is a dream. Cleaning takes two seconds because of said access so there are no nooks or crannies where debris can hide. Empty this thing is so lightweight and super easy to carry due to its nice handles. And the best part in my book, a lid that clamps down solidly so I can do my oxygen free transfers with ease. Who would have thought a "bucket" would have upped my brewing game?

I've been home brewing for about eight years. I've been looking for the perfect fermentor for almost that whole time... I realized fairly early on that a stainless steel fermentor with a large mouth would be close to ideal, but I couldn't find any that cost less than $700. Over the last couple years, bucket-style stainless steel fermentors have been hitting the market hard, and I finally decided to give one a try. I'm glad I did! And I'm quite glad I tried the Anvil fermentor in particular. It seems to me like the most aggravating part of home brewing is chilling the wort. There are several chilling solutions that are claimed to work almost instantly, but they are all quite pricey. So I've stuck with a copper coil immersion chiller... and I hate it. Chilling wort by immersion is tedious, tiresome, and wasteful. Even with cold well water, it takes way too much time and water to chill a batch of wort. I've tried a couple different variations of no-chill brewing, and so far, I like using the Anvil fermentor best. I assembled the fermentor according to the directions provided, and sanitized it (not strictly necessary when you're working with boiling wort). When the boil was complete, we put a sanitized strainer over the mouth of the Anvil fermentor and poured the wort through it, capturing the boiling wort in the fermentor. Then we put the lid on the fermentor and latched it closed. We put the [supplied] #7 stopper in the lid, but didn't put anything in the fermentation lock. Then we left the fermentor to sit in the garage overnight. The next day, I used the volume markings on the side of the fermentor and topped up my wort with water, then took an hydrometer sample, pitched the yeast, and latched the lid onto the fermentor again. This time, I put sanitizer in the fermentation lock. Two weeks later we racked the beer into a carboy and put it out to lager for a month. The spigot made racking our beer very simple, we just attached a [sanitized] 1/2" hose and opened the spigot: beer flowed into the [sanitized] carboy with very little hassle. Because the spigot rotates very easily, we were able to maximize the beer actually transferred into the carboy, while keeping the majority of the yeast cake in the fermentor. The fermentor is extremely easy to clean. The mouth is large enough really to get down inside it. The spigot comes off very easily. There aren't a lot of corners for gunk to get caught on, and stainless steel just plain cleans more easily than plastic, while not being so heavy nor so delicate as glass. I can't get the supplied fermentation lock out of the stopper, though. That's slightly aggravating: I might need to put them in boiling water or something to loosen it up. Not a huge deal: it's not like I plan to use the one without the other or anything... There is a temperature-measuring strip that sticks to the fermentor to allow you to keep an eye on fermentation temperature. It's extremely difficult to read, although it's a nice thought. I'd almost rather not have had one than had one that isn't simple and effective. The spigot on the front works well (and doesn't leak), but it's... ugly. It makes the fermentor look like one of those old coffee urns. It would have been nicer to have just an industrial-looking ball valve than to have the water spigot-like tap. But it does work, and it works well. My only real gripe is with the aesthetics. My main complaint about this fermentor is that the handle on the spigot is quite easy to move, and I ended up quite paranoid around it when I was moving the fermentor. I might end up taping it shut or something next time. All in all, it's a good fermentor for the money. There's plenty of headspace for a five-gallon batch, it cleans well, and it seals tightly. I'm definitely pleased with it, and plan to use it again soon.

Great fermenter. Just remember to completely diss-assemble the faucet to clean it periodically.

I love this fermenter with the temp control option. A great, affordable upgrade from plastic buckets.

Stainless steel is the way to go! Easy to clean and makes racking simple and quick